Kerri made a small batch of brownies to try out a new recipe before making a much larger batch for a bake sale. She used 2 3 cup of sugar in her first batch, and used 3 3 4 times that amount in her larger batch. Which equation best represents this problem correctly? A) 2 3 x 3 3 4 = 3 6 12 , or 3 1 2 B) 8 12 x 3 9 12 = 3 17 12 , or 4 5 12 C) 2 3 x 15 4 = 30 12 , or 5 2 = 2 1 2 D) 2 3 x 9 4 = 18 12 , or 1 6 12 = 1 1 2

Leslie would probably have come with us if she didn’t work all summer. which is the verb phrase?

“second, the reviewer must know the current trends in movie-making. what types of technology are available? are audiences more drawn to low-budget, independent films, or huge, explosive blockbusters? ” the passage above is explaining a. important information you must have before watching a movie c. what a reviewer must understand to write effective reviews b. why it is impossible to understand the movie business d. how to break into the cinematography business

Read the excerpt from the dark game: true spy stories from invisible ink to cia moles. yet, by the time robert e. lee surrendered to ulysses grant at appomattox, virginia, some four years later, about 620,000 soldiers had died on the battlefields, more than american battle deaths in all other wars from the revolution through the vietnam war. what is the author’s primary purpose for including this detail? to inform readers about the differences between three military conflicts to persuade readers of the seriousness of the american civil war to entertain readers with tales from behind the lines of battle to encourage readers to visit battlegrounds in appomattox, virginia